Giuliani plans to launch an impeach podcast amid public hearings

Julian was overheard discussing plans with an unidentified woman while at a crowded restaurant in New York, Saint Ambrose, at noon on Saturday. The conversation, which lasted more than an hour, touched upon details, including dates for podcasting and launching, logging and the process of uploading the podcast to iTunes and other podcast distributors.

Two people who overheard Julian's discussion contacted CNN and provided a recording they decided to make from the conversation. They contacted CNN seamlessly after reading a recent story about Julian and the president's ongoing relationship. People asked not to be identified and provided audio recording provided it was not published.

"Many Americans want to hear directly from Rudy Giuliani," said Christian Allen, a spokesman for Giuliani, who confirmed to CNN that he discussed the idea of ​​a podcast at noon on Saturday. "He is considering several options, in consultation with Jay Sekulov and the legal team, about the best way to move forward.

In the conversation, Giuliani said he hoped there would be four or five episodes "to analyze the impeachment in every aspect." It seems that Giuliani's intention is to complete four episodes before the Senate process begins.

Giuliani also mentioned two options for major newspapers he plans to publish, the first of which will explain why Trump is "incompatible" and the second offers an explanation for Giuliani's defense of his client, the president.

Despite his central role in the events surrounding the impeachment investigation, Giuliani remains relatively silent after the arrest in October and the accusation of two of his associates Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman. He briefly reappeared on Friday, appearing in a separate podcast focused on impeachment hosted by former White House Trump official Steve Bannon. In this interview, Giuliani offers his political analysis of impeachment, saying that some Democrats who vote for impeachment members in the House may lose their seats in 2020.

Closed-door testimony from multiple witnesses describes Giuliani as a key facilitator the conversations and actions that led to the impeachment probe. This week, the public testimony of several of these witnesses, including former ambassador to Ukraine Marie Jovanovic, a senior State Department official George Kent and Bill Taylor, the top diplomat in Ukraine after Jovanovic's removal, is expected to further underscore Giuliani's central role. Giuliani said all his actions were done as part of his legal defense of Trump.

During his talk on Saturday, Giuliani talked about using the podcast as a way to tell his side of the story and counterbalance the balance of the first public television

A person close to Trump's legal team suggested that the podcast would be an intelligent counter-move as the hearings will dominate the news coverage.

But the podcast can also be a risk for the former New York mayor. Federal prosecutors in New York are investigating Giuliani's business relationship with Parnassus and Fruman. Both men have emerged as key players in Giuliani's efforts to get the Ukrainian government to investigate Trump's political opponents, including former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter. There is no evidence of wrongdoing by Biden.

Giuliani served on Trump's legal team primarily by defending the president in media appearances and interviews, first focusing on investigating special attorneys for intervention in Russia and now on the impeachment investigation.